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• Cineforum in Suleymaniya to honour Yılmaz Güney 

  A film forum was organized in Suleymaniya to mark the 34th anniversary of the death of Yılmaz Güney, the great master of Kurdish cinema. 
• Great Kurdish director Yılmaz Güney remembered in Paris 

  The ceremony took place at the grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery where the great Kurdish film director has been buried.
• Scandinavian Kurdish Culture Festival in Stockholm 

  The Scandinavian Kurdish Culture Festival was organised in the Swedish capital Stockholm.
• Meriwan Theater Festival ended with award ceremony 

  The 13th Meriwan International Theater Festival ended with a ceremony held on Wednesday evening.
• Children festival came to a close in Qamishlo 

  The Jazira Region 4th Children's Festival, organized in Qamishlo has been going on for five days.
• "Dil Leyla" win documentary section at Nancy Film Festival 

  The documentary, by Asli Ozarslan, tells the story of the Cizre resistance and its mayor, Leyla Imret
• Preparations underway for Festival in Germany 

  The 26th International Kurdish Festival will take place on 8 and 9 September in Germany
• Theater Festival starts in Merivan 

  Merivan International Theater Festival has started. The festival will continue until September 5 and 39 companies from 5 countries, Rojhilat and Iran will participate.
• Jazira Intellectuals Union said Afrin will soon be liberated 

  Some 160 delegates met in Qamishlo for the Conference of the Jazira Intellectuals Union
• Intellectuals conference kicks off in Qamishlo 

  The Intellectuals Union of the Jazira region is gathering in Qamishlo
• Preparations underway for 26th International Kurdish Festival 

  Many international speakers as well as Kurdish guests will participate to this year festival dedicated to Afrin.
• First book of history of Kurdish freedom movement out at Festival 

  After a long wait, finally Mesopotamia Publishing House will release its book "Amara" on 8 September.
• Four new albums to be released by Mîr at International Festival 

  Mîr Müzik is presenting 4 new CDs at the International Kurdish Culture Festival to be held in Dinslaken, Germany, on September 8th.
• Pepe Mujica, the last hero, becomes a film by Emir Kusturica 

  Former president and guerrilla, the Uruguayan Pepe Mujica, to attend opening of the film Emir Kusturica has dedicated to his life
• Two Kurdish films at Nancy Film Festival in Lorraine 

  Cizre and South Kurdistan will feature at the French Film Festival.
• Historic Al-Binat Palace to be repaired 

  The Al-Binat Palace, which was severely damaged during the ISIS invasion of Raqqa, will be repaired by the Directorate of Tourism and Archaeology
• Relating Afrin’s history and culture through music 

  Kurdish Dengbêj Ehmed Xanî sings and records folkloric works of art that reflect the history and culture of the Afrin region.
• Bresser not complying in relocation of Hasankeyf tomb 

  The Zeynel Bey Tomb is a late-15th-century monument of extraordinary cultural value and a symbol of the rich cultural heritage of the region.
• "Music is the harmony of guerrilla and nature" 

  "Here in the mountains there is a very special harmony that the guerrillas adopt themselves to. You get the feeling of being part of nature. To me, music is the harmony of guerrilla and nature", said the fallen guerrilla fighter Rizgar.
• Sakine, Leyla and Fidan in the music of Feriforya 

  MCK artist Sherat Feriforya has dedicated his new album to the three Kurdish women politicians murdered in Paris.
• An interview with writer Roza Metina 

  Roza Metina is writing about Kurdish women, their sorrows and joys, thus contributing to the help of collective memory.
• Library opens in Manbij 

  A library opens in the city during the second anniversary of its liberation from DEASH mercenaries.
• Afrin children's exhibition opens in Berxwedan Camp  

  The paintings of the children from Afrin are exhibited in the refugee camp in Shehba.
• Exhibition opened in Manbij 

  A rich variety of activities organised in Manbij to celebrate the second anniversary of the liberation of the city from DAESH
• Cinema program to begin in Serdem refugee camp 

  People of Afrin taking part in courses and seminars organised by the Culture and Arts Council.